Some NY Dream Act Students Denied Financial Aid for College

Some NY Dream Act Students Denied Financial Aid for College

CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Hell’s Kitchen Photo: Roman Tiraspolsky/Shutterstock By Josefa Velasquez, THE CITY After a roughly three-month wait, 24-year-old Jesus finally received an email on Thanksgiving detailing how much tuition assistance he’d be getting under a recently enacted New York law that opens state financial aid to undocumented immigrants. “You […]

Why Shouldn’t New York’s Wealthiest P.T.A.s Share With Its Neediest Schools?

Why Shouldn’t New York’s Wealthiest P.T.A.s Share With Its Neediest Schools?

By The Editorial Board, NY Times New York City’s public school system is already one of the most segregated and unequal in the country. Why then should its parent-teacher associations exacerbate inequality? New York’s P.T.A.s are doing exactly that, according to city data and reports from the city’s Independent Budget Office. Across the city, the […]